This course focuses on international commercial or financial transactions and contracts. This course will approach contracts and contractual terms from the angle of designing and bargaining for a transaction based on transaction documents from real life. Through reading and discussion of selected contracts and terms therein, this course aims to train students with ability to (1) comprehend some concepts of English contract law (e.g. misrepresentation, condition/warranty, entire agreement, exclusion clauses, and liquidated damages, etc.), (2) design contractual terms to specify rights and obligations and to control risks regarding a transaction between the parties, and (3) gain experiences in reading and revising contracts written in English. This course will largely focus on three major types of transactions: international sale of goods, share purchase agreements (used broadly for investment purposes), and loan agreement (or syndicated loan agreements). In short, this course aims to equip students with the skill and experiences not only to reactively read and revise a contractual document but also to predict and draft contractual terms to accomplish a commercial or financial deal.

The course will be conducted in English entirely. Students who are interested in this course needs to acquire sufficient English skill to read English contracts at least.